Alexei Dzienis

Current

• Project Manager at EPAM Systems

Past

• CIO at Privet.ru
• Marketing Associate at Cordys Corporation B.V.
• Product Manager/Software Architect at Ibis Consulting, A Pitney Bowes Company

• Chief Technology Officer at PLASTIC MEDIA, USA
• IT Manager at SOTA, LTD
• Manager of Berlio Electronic Card Processing Network at BERLIO, LTD

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Education

• RSM Erasmus University
• Belaruski Dzjaržauny Universitet Informatyki i Radyjoelektroniki

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Alexei Dzienis’s Summary

I am looking for job opportunities that would allow me to most efficiently utilize my rich portfolio of business and technical skills, my analytical abilities, creativity and endless ideas

• MBA from a Top European Business School
• MSc in Computer science
• 13 years experience in IT, Software Development and Operations Management, systems design and development.
• International experience working in North America, Western and Eastern Europe
• Strong, experienced team leader and project manager.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, strong idea generation abilities.

Alexei Dzienis’s Specialties:

Product Management. System analysis. Web 2.0 and Enterprise software design. Operation management.

Alexei Dzienis’s Experience

• Project Manager

  EPAM Systems

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  August 2009 — Present (5 months)

• CIO

  Privet.ru

  (Internet industry)

  August 2008 — January 2009 (6 months)

  • Managing R&D and Operations departments
  • Developing new product concept and development road map
  • Expanding the team and growing hardware capacity in order to support ambitious plan of growing web-site capacity to support 10 mil page views per day

• Marketing Associate

  Cordys Corporation B.V.

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)

  • Developed new e-Marketing strategy and initiated development of improved marketing tools
  • Performed strategic analysis of the company and recommended options for high growth

• Product Manager/Software Architect

  Ibis Consulting, A Pitney Bowes Company

  (Privately Held; Legal Services industry)

  April 2000 — July 2006 (6 years 4 months)

  • Led the development of three generations of the company’s core electronic discovery system used to prepare electronic data for presentation in courts as electronic evidence
  • Increased data processing efficiency by 1000% leading to increase in sales from $1 to $24 million
  • Implemented new level of system customization leading to dramatic increase in customer satisfaction
  • Designed and implemented quality control systems allowing to reduce the number of operator’s mistakes to less than 0.1% from previous level
  • Designed innovative enterprise level regulatory compliance solution allowing automatic data collection and warehousing. Managed a team of five junior members through complete development cycle and ensured that deadlines were met

• Chief Technology Officer

  PLASTIC MEDIA, USA

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  August 2005 — March 2006 (8 months)

  • Performed market research and developed market penetration strategy. Developed new products and services
  • Managed cross-functional Russian-based team in development of integrated web-SMS (Short Message Service) interactive entertainment platform
  • Successfully launched television talent contest in cooperation with a major media company and mobile communication providers
  • Managed relationships with media partners and mobile service providers

• IT Manager

  SOTA, LTD

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  January 1998 — March 2000 (2 years 3 months)

  • Built corporate network connecting three local offices and four foreign offices in the Commonwealth of Independent States
  • Reduced telecommunication costs by 50% through the implementation of new protocols and internet-based communication tools
  • Designed and implemented the company’s first Supply Chain Management (SCM) system resulting in time savings of 4 hours per employee per week
  • Implemented company-wide security protocol ensuring the highest level of information protection
  • Launched the company’s first e-commerce web site and web marketing campaign

• Manager of Berlio Electronic Card Processing Network

  BERLIO, LTD

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Services industry)

  August 1994 — January 1998 (3 years 6 months)

  • Managed Operations and Customer Service departments with staff of six operators and customer service representatives
  • Promoted to Manager of Electronic Card Processing Network after two years. Supervised five processing centres in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine
  • Increased operational efficiency allowing 500% increase in the number of supported points of sale
  • Built first corporate-wide computer network connecting offices in nine cities

Alexei Dzienis’s Education

• RSM Erasmus University

  MBA , Business , 2006 — 2008

  Top 10% of the class (GPA 8.32)
  GMAT 700

  Activities and Societies:

  * President of Rotterdam School of Management International Culture Club.
  * Member of RSM International Charity Foundation
  * Member of the Rotterdam School of Management Symposium organization committee

• Belaruski Dzjaržauny Universitet Informatyki i Radyjoelektroniki

  MSc , Computer Science , 1989 — 1994

  Top 15% of the class

Additional Information

Alexei Dzienis’s Interests:

Travelling, skiing, digital photography, electronic music

Alexei Dzienis’s Groups:

•    RSM MBA, EMBA, OneMBA, FTMBA and PTMBA Alumni
•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    New England Tech Professionals Network
•    Knowledge Management Experts
•    Startup Specialists
•    Electronic Discovery Professionals
•    Internet Product Management Group
•    MBA, Russian speaking
•    Ex-Ibisites
•    MBA Network
•    Band of Entrepreneurs
•    IT start-ups - innovate together!
•    Linked:Belarus

Alexei Dzienis’s Honors:

2006 Winner of the Cordys Corporate Scholarship, Rotterdam School of Management, The Netherlands
Patents:
2005 -US Patent. PUB. APP. NO: 20050204191. “Systems and methods automatically classifying
electronic data”.
2003 -US Patent. PUB. APP. NO: 20030037302. “Systems and methods for automatically converting
document file formats”.

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